Comments on: Obesity and Neighborhood Choices

By: Shitty PR Pitch of the Day: GlobalFluency

Shitty PR Pitch of the Day: GlobalFluency — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:05:03 +0000

[...] If you really want to dig into Twin Citizens grocery shopping habits, try Ed Kohler’s thought exercise on obesity and neighborhood food choice availability. [...]

By: kohler

kohler — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:57:12 +0000

Thanks for the info, Claudia.

By the way, I don’t know if this effects North or not, but there was a bill passed in March requiring markets to carry at least 5 varieties of fruits & vegetables, according to Cam Gordon’s blog.

I’m not sure what defines a market, whether any are in North, or whether this will increase the amount of produce purchased or consumed, but it sounds like a small step in the right direction from what I understand about it.

By: claudia

claudia — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:45:42 +0000

This is a huge issue in North Minneapolis, and they have the health problems to prove it. There is only ONE major grocery store on the whole Northside, and many residents in this area rely solely on public transportation. That’s why most people resort to fast food and convenience store eating. I agree that the idea of european style grocery shopping has a lot of advantages (walking to the store, buying smaller quantities of food and therefore wasting less, etc) but when you look at the small grocery store options on the northside there is a noticable lack of healthy food options. When was the last time you bought fresh produce from the SuperAmerica?

There’s a new organization on the northside called the Northside Food Project that’s trying to educate the community about healthy food choices and increase the access to nutritious food using the coop model of community development. Lack of “food security” is a concept we usually associate with starving children in africa, but we’ve got a lot of people living in our own city who don’t have immediate access to healthy food.

By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:49:56 +0000

Yet another reason we need a quality grocery store/co-op in Longfellow. I’m thinking 38th and Hiawatha would be perfect for me, or on E Lake St, though that would compete with the new Seward Co-op.

By: Roundup | Minneapolis Metblogs

Roundup | Minneapolis Metblogs — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:29:29 +0000

[...] The Deets: Ed looks at recent reports on the link between local food environments (i.e., stores/restaurants in your neighborhood) and obesity and diabetes. Ed’s theory: “The distance you drive to buy groceries effects how you shop.” [...]